ejp626 Posted August 4, 2011 Report Posted August 4, 2011 Some interesting things coming from Library of America -- the first in a three volume set of Vonnegut: Vonnegut on Amazon. Oddly, they are publishing the middle works first, then apparently will be publishing a volume with his first three novels (and more stories). Not sure what the last volume will contain, as it probably couldn't be all his novels post 1973. I could see it going through 1985, which would be 4 novels and a bunch of stories and maybe some of the essays. Or it could focus more heavily on stories and essays. I've actually only read two or three Vonnegut novels. I might be in the market for this set, but I think I'll hold off until some used copies start circulating. Anyway, then they have 2 collections of Harlem Renaissance fiction. As it happens, I have read nearly all of the material, since I took a course on the Harlem Renaissance in college. Some of it was quite interesting, but I won't be buying these volumes as my shelves are pretty full at the moment! Quote
T.D. Posted August 6, 2011 Report Posted August 6, 2011 Just read Henning Mankell's The Troubled Man, the last in his Kurt Wallander series. Very good (though more than a little depressing), maybe the best in the series. I had gotten a bit tired of Mankell's style, and had been avoiding his books for a while, but this was definitely worthwhile. Quote
BruceH Posted August 7, 2011 Report Posted August 7, 2011 I first read this in eighth grade. It had a big impact on me then. Quote
BillF Posted August 7, 2011 Report Posted August 7, 2011 I first read this in eighth grade. It had a big impact on me then. Less impact in your eighth decade! Quote
T.D. Posted August 8, 2011 Report Posted August 8, 2011 Just finished A Dead Man in Deptford, historical novel by Anthony Burgess about the life and death of Christopher Marlowe. So I've started Marlowe's Doctor Faustus. Never read anything by Marlowe before. Quote
John Tapscott Posted August 9, 2011 Report Posted August 9, 2011 Bouncin' With Bartok - The Incomplete Works of Richard Twardzik by Jack Chambers (Mercury Press) I've had this for a while, but now just getting into it on my summer vacation. Fascinating reading. Quote
sidewinder Posted August 13, 2011 Report Posted August 13, 2011 A fascinating read! Yes, I have a copy of that one by Mike Hennessey too. Never realised he (Klook, that is) was married at one time to Annie Ross ! Quote
BillF Posted August 13, 2011 Report Posted August 13, 2011 A fascinating read! Yes, I have a copy of that one by Mike Hennessey too. Never realised he (Klook, that is) was married at one time to Annie Ross ! No mention of marriage so far, just that he got her pregnant when she was 19 and he was 17 years older! As to your copy, I notice Amazon.uk is asking about £75 for a used copy. (Mine's from the public library.) Quote
BruceH Posted August 13, 2011 Report Posted August 13, 2011 I first read this in eighth grade. It had a big impact on me then. Less impact in your eighth decade! I'll take your world for that. Quote
medjuck Posted August 13, 2011 Report Posted August 13, 2011 Chet Baker's "Lost Memoir--As Though I had Wings". Really a partial memoir in that in ends in 1963 and is very brief. Still interesting. No pretense that he wasn't a junky. Quote
BillF Posted August 14, 2011 Report Posted August 14, 2011 I first read this in eighth grade. It had a big impact on me then. Less impact in your eighth decade! I'll take your world for that. Quote
sidewinder Posted August 14, 2011 Report Posted August 14, 2011 No mention of marriage so far, just that he got her pregnant when she was 19 and he was 17 years older! As to your copy, I notice Amazon.uk is asking about £75 for a used copy. (Mine's from the public library.) Good to hear. I paid £7-8 a few years ago for the hardback. With protective binding and as new ! Quote
paul secor Posted August 17, 2011 Report Posted August 17, 2011 Walker Percy's The Last Gentleman Quote
alankin Posted August 17, 2011 Report Posted August 17, 2011 (edited) Connie Willis - "To Say Nothing of the Dog ~ or ~ How We Found The Bishop's Bird Stump At Last" Edited August 17, 2011 by alankin Quote
Leeway Posted August 17, 2011 Report Posted August 17, 2011 Over the last month or so have been working through the novels of Charles Dickens. I have no rational explanation for this quest except that the idea appealed to me. So far: Quote
ejp626 Posted August 17, 2011 Report Posted August 17, 2011 Connie Willis - "To Say Nothing of the Dog ~ or ~ How We Found The Bishop's Bird Stump At Last" I read this about a year ago. Enjoyable. Didn't make me run out and read anything else by Connie Willis, but I may someday. Worth noting there is a minor riff on the classic English comic novel -- Jerome K. Jerome's Three Men in a Boat. Quote
Jazzmoose Posted August 17, 2011 Report Posted August 17, 2011 (edited) Connie Willis - "To Say Nothing of the Dog ~ or ~ How We Found The Bishop's Bird Stump At Last" Please report! It's been sitting on my shelves for a while. I tried Doomsday Book, but bogged down pretty quickly; not a good sign... Over the last month or so have been working through the novels of Charles Dickens. I have no rational explanation for this quest except that the idea appealed to me. So far: I spent most of my life avoiding Dickens; imagine my surprise when I finally read some... Edited August 17, 2011 by Jazzmoose Quote
ejp626 Posted August 17, 2011 Report Posted August 17, 2011 Connie Willis - "To Say Nothing of the Dog ~ or ~ How We Found The Bishop's Bird Stump At Last" Please report! It's been sitting on my shelves for a while. I tried Doomsday Book, but bogged down pretty quickly; not a good sign... I thought it was an amusing time-travel romp. It's not as self-serious as (perhaps) the Doomsday Book. Over the last month or so have been working through the novels of Charles Dickens. I have no rational explanation for this quest except that the idea appealed to me. So far: I spent most of my life avoiding Dickens; imagine my surprise when I finally read some... At one point, I was going to read through Dickens more or less chronologically. I may still some day, but it has been pushed into the future. (I actually have read far more Trollope than Dickens.) The odd thing was that I read Pickwick Papers in my 20s and liked it, but then was less taken with it when I reread it in my late 30s. I do remember reading Bleak House for college and thinking it pretty good, so maybe I should reread that and see if I still held my interest; if so, I could go loop back and start with the middle novels, maybe Dombey & Son, which is where I think he really hit his stride. Or maybe just stick with the original plan and start in on Oliver Twist. I will be making quite a few trips between Chicago and Seattle/Vancouver between now and Jan., and long novels might be just the thing... Quote
ghost of miles Posted August 17, 2011 Author Report Posted August 17, 2011 Richard Stark, THE MOURNER--fourth in the Parker series to which Larry Kart hipped me. I've become a Parker addict. Quote
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